Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain.Müller is ranked within the top 20 in The Grocer’s Top 100 list of Britain’s Biggest Brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes:
Müller Milk & Ingredients which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.
Müller Yogurt & Desserts which is the UK’s leading yogurt manufacturer which aims to create millions more Müller moments for its consumers. It is responsible for major brands like Müller Corner, Müllerlight, Müller Bliss, Müller Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.
We are recruiting at our Droitwich Depot (WR9 0LW) for a Transport Shift Manager.
The purpose of the position is to enable the team to deliver targets and continuously improve performance by coaching and developing our people.
1. Contract: Full Time / Permanent
2. Shift Pattern: – 4 on - 4 off (Night Shift 1800-0600)
3. Location: Droitwich Depot (WR9 0LW)
Transport Shift Manager Roles & Responsibilities
4. Create purpose and direction around Objectives, Goals, Strategies and Measures
5. Enabling team to create and deliver operational excellence opportunities aligned to Objectives, Goals, Strategies and Measures.
6. Create high performance through performance management principles, key performance indicators and attendance and handovers.
7. Encourages others to seeks out improvement opportunities within the workplace and converts to own operational excellence projects.
8. People management including delivery of performance review, development and coaching of team, dealing with employee relations issues.
9. Ensures own activities are aligned to overall business objectives and knows how current performance impacts the bottom line.
10. Utilises all available opportunities, enabling others to improve the way we do things.
11. Accountable and ownership of all actions.
12. Demonstrate a Health and safety commitment through embedding the Muller safety culture and engagement across all levels of the function, leading accident and incident investigations.
13. Responsible for incident control.
14. Point of contact for escalation for customer service.
15. Encourage others to seek out and own self development through development plan and PDP process.
16. Creating succession pathways both up through and across organisation to enable potential and growth.
17. Collaboratively works with cross functional leaderships to improve our business.
18. Responsible for overall day to day operations on shift including the legal and audit compliance.
19. Responsible for managing contractor control and permits.
20. Promotes and instils MMID behaviours across all levels of the function.
Transport Shift Manager Key Skills & Qualifications
21. Relevant experience in a similar role is desirable
22. An effective team member who works well on their own initiative
23. Demonstrates an excellent attitude to work
24. Self – motivated with a positive attitude and extremely reliable
25. CPC (Certificate of Professional Competence) in Transport Management (Desirable but not required)
26. HGV Licence (Required)
Transport Shift Manager Compensation & Benefits
In return for your contributions to our success, Müller offers a competitive salary package.
We value our people and are proud to offer a wide range of benefits:
27. Up to 10% annual bonus
28. 4 x Life Assurance policy
29. Private Medical Insurance
30. 23 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service)
31. Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave
32. Enhanced Bereavement Leave
33. Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%)
34. Exclusive access to Müller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts
35. Business Supplied IT Equipment
36. Career Progression and Development Opportunities
37. Free parking
Contact Details:
F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Müller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ